This document outlines the structure and requirements for a research project proposal in Ayurveda. It includes sections for the candidate's details, institute information, dissertation title, literature review, objectives, methodology, statistical analysis, references, and formatting guidelines. The methodology section describes the study design, sampling technique, diagnostic criteria, grouping of patients, treatment procedure and follow up. It also mentions obtaining necessary ethical clearance.

1. DR .ARUN.NP, MD(AYURVEDA)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR -DEPARTMENT OF KAYACHIKITSA
BAPUJI AYURVEDIC MEDICAL COLLEGE ,TR NAGAR
CHALLAKERE,CHITRADURGA DIST.KRANATAKA
EMAIL id : doctormedsave@gmail.com

3.  NAME OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT
 COVER LETTER
 1.0 NAME OF THE CANDIDATE AND ADDRESS
 2.0 NAME OF THE INSTITUTE
 3.0 COURSE OF STUDY IN SUBJECT
 4.0 DATE OF ADMISSION TO THE COURSE

4.  5.0 TITLE OF DISSERTATION
 6.0 BRIEF RESUME OF THE INTENDED
WORK
 7.0 MATERIALS AND METHODES
 8.0 LIST OF REFERENCES
 9.0. SIGNATURE OF THE CANDIDATE :
 10.0. REMARKS OF GUIDE

5.  11.0 NAME AND DESIGNATION
OF GUIDE
 12.0. REMARKS OF THE
CHAIRMAN AND PRINCIPAL

7.  FEWEST POSSIBLE WORDS THAT ADEQUATELY
DESCRIBE THE CONTENT OF THE PAPER.
 Title should clearly convey an idea about the
intended project.
 Realistic and phrased in operational terms.
 Specifyig what you are going to do.

8.  Use action verbs that are specific enough
to be evaluated.
 Such as To determine, To compare ,To
verify,to calculate,To describe ,To
establish
 Avoid the use of vague,non action verbs.
 Such as To appreciate,To understand ,To
study

10.  Importance of the subject of study in day
to day life
 Benefets to humanity
 Ayurvedic understanding or description
 Allopathic term correlation
 Prevalance rate( in case of a clinical
condition)
 Speciality or extra benefits of drug
/formulation under study

11.  Literature
review
 Information
from subject
related
treatises
 Details of the
Previous work
done

12.  Through primary and secondary sources
 Research articles and computer data bases
 Literature reviews of previous research work
done on your subject of interest.
 Classical ayurveda treatises
 Nighantus ,ayurveda books of different
authors

13.  Provides an orientation about the
proposed research work.
 Methodological insights may
percieved.

14.  Aim
and
objec
tives
 HY
PO
TH
ESI
S

15.  What you are expected to achieve by the
study
 Phrased in operational terms.
 Should cover the different aspect of the
research problem.
 Realistic in local conditions.

16.  Tentative assumption made in order to
draw out and test its logical or empirical
consequences .
Generalised statement regarding the
outcome of research work .

17.  HYPOTHESIS
STATING THERS IS
NO EFFECT
AFTER THE
INTERVENTION.
 FORMULATED
WITH THE AIM OF
BEING REJECTION
 HYPOTHESIS
STATING THE
EFFECT AFTER
THE
INTERVENTION.
 FORMULATED
WITH THE AIM OF
BEING
ACCEPTANCE.
 NULL
HYPOTHESIS

 ALTERNATIVE
HYPOTHESIS

19.  Literary source:
 All the literatures about the disease will be reviewed and
documented for the study. DETAILED IN REFERENCE
 Sample source:
 SOURCE OF THE PATIENTS .
 Patients will be diagnosed and selected from the OPD and IPD of
PG studies in Kayachikitsa of Dhanvantari ayurveda medical
college and hospital,medical camps and other referrals.
 Pharmaceutical source:
 DETAILS OF PHARMACY
 The formulations selected for research work will be prepared in
institutional Pharmacy of Dhanvantari ayurveda college
siddapur.

20.  1-Study design:
 ABOUT BLINDING
 RANDOMIZATION
 COMPARATIVE OR OBSERVATIONAL (NATURE
OF REASEARCH PROBLEM)
 CLINICAL OR NON CLINICAL STUDY

21.  2-Method of sampling:
 convenient method
 3- Diagnostic criteria:
 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF CLINICAL
CONDITION.
 INCLUSION CRITEARIA AND EXCLUSION
CRITEARIAS SHOULD BE EXPALINED.

22.  Grouping of patients based on the type of
study(comparative or observational study)
 Procedure of administration of Drug.
 Observation period.
 Follow up.
 Preparation of medicine .methode of
preparation and diet .

23.  Subjective  Objective

24.  Suitable statistical test will applied where ever
necessary
 T TEST-Calculation 1 or 2 groups if the number
of sample is less than 30.
 Unpaired t test in comparative study(b/w two
different groups)
 Paired t test in observational study(same group in
fifferent occassions)
 Z TEST-Calculation 1 or 2 groups if the number
of sample is more than 30.

25.  F TEST-calculation in more than two
groups & irrespective of sample size.
 CHI SQUARE TEST-to compare observed
values with expected values.

26. • Does the study require any
investigations or interventions to be
conducted on patients or other
humans or animals describe briefly.
• THE ETHICAL CLEARNCE BEEN
OBTAINED FROM YOUR INSTITUTION.
• Laboratory investigations:

27.  DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A
DOCUMENT FROM WHICH YOU HAVE
OBTAINED INFORMATION.

28. 1. Author/Editor name
(editor put ed. After
the name)
2. Title (IN ITALICS)
3. Edition
4. Place of publication
5. Publisher
6. Year of publication

29.  Number all references
 Arrange the list in the order in which
reference appear in your text.
 If there is more than 6 authors list the first six
authors followed by “etal.”
 Use official abbreviations for titles of journals.

30.  Times New Roman and size of 10 to 12
characters.
 The size of the titles should be 14 and Bold,
the size of subtitles should be 12 and bold.
 Spacing Use double spacing except for long
quotations, footnotes, and endnotes, which
are singlespaced.
 Margins To allow for binding, the left-hand
margin must be 1.5”. Other margins should
be 1.0”

31.  Thesis or Dissertations format should be in
.Doc (Ms Word Document) or PDF (portable
Document format),
 Image files in JPG or TIFF format and Audio
Visual in AVI (Audio video interleave), GIF,
MPEG (moving picture expert) files format.